Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1 - 4 of 4

Jock Barnes typescript of Never a white flag.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-Vault 101
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a photocopy of the typescript for Jock Barnes' autobiography which details Barnes' political beliefs and long involvement in Union activity including the 1951waterfront strike.

Dates: 1987

John Mitchell reminiscences.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-168
Scope and Contents

The reminiscences of John Mitchell extending from his early childhood memoirs through his development as a trade unionist and his involvement with the Waterside Workers' Unions and the 1951 waterfront strike. Includes much discussion of trade unionism and the Communist Party, and his later work in the Freemans Bay Residents' Welfare Association

Dates: 1920 - 1960

New Zealand Waterside Workers' Union minutes and circulars.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-D-27
Scope and Contents

Circulars and minutes issued during and immediately after the 1951 waterfront dispute.

Dates: 1951

Wilfred (Bill) McAra collection on industrial relations on the New Zealand waterfront.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-D-5
Scope and Contents The papers in this collection cover the period 1946 to 1953 and concern industrial relations on the waterfront in the years leading up to the 1951 waterfront dispute, the dispute itself, and the immediate aftermath. The collection includes minutes, correspondence, notes, reports, pamphlets and clippings. In 1946, the New Zealand Waterside Workers Industrial Union of Workers approached the Waterfront Industry Commission seeking better working conditions, including guaranteed minimum pay....
Dates: 1946 - 1953